New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 15, 1915, Page 1

PRICE THREE CENTS. | @'PRZASNYSZ FALLS . BEFORE ATTACK OF r TEUTONIC FORCES Germamc Allies Also Capture ‘Village of Konsya and the Heights of Olszatka FRENCH TAKE GERMAN- TRENCHES NEAR ARRAS Attack of Kniser’s Forces in Woevre Region Fails—Allies Seize Two Hills Defeading Krithia on the Gallipoli Peninsuln—Germans Win Advan- ige © Steamer Rym Sunk. in Argonne — Norwegian Pflusnysz has been taken by the Geérmans almost at the inception of what appears to be a mew drive at Warsaw from' the north. The 'official statement from Berlin (stannounces the capture and .also rec- y-ordl successes n;ong the east Prussiun frontier to the northeast.. The vil- lage of Konsya, south of Kolno, has been taken and the heights of Ols- zauka, northeast of Suwalki, Stormed. French Attacks Fail. ‘Simultaneously the Germans re- rt the Dbreaking down of attempty the French to win . back lost ound in the Argonne region = and e infliction of heavy loues upon :.ttleklnt forces.- mpnm the cnpmre ot a. line K rm\n trenches north of Arras 'auc the /fallure -of a German attack ~ the evre region. It concedes vca-mm ‘advantage/at one diflputed t in the Argonne. Austrin ‘Sends Note to U, s Austria. has -made renrnenta.uons Washington that this country’s ex- . United States! | 'hills defending- Kmhu. on the oli Peinsula, e occupied by e ps of the entente n.mu after " dssau Lo .Athens. ..xhzidu rquqlved Constantinople, . report- heavy man aubm:!rlha sank ' the Norwegia amer Rym. One of the Jperchantman’s engineers was killed, . Great Britaln’s strike’ problem eonflnue- acute, 150,000 miners hav- ln‘ gone out, despite the Qrohflfltlons Lot the, mtznfl.sonu aot. . E :ps % Gm Capture Przasnysz. i Berlin, via London, July 15, 3:58 p. —Przasnysz, a town of Russian Po- nd, fifty miles north of \ Warsaw as been captured by the German forces, according to the official state- ‘men* given out today by the German 2 urmy headquarters staff. 3 The. Germans also announce that thqy bave captured ‘the = village of i Konsya, to the south of Kolno, and have stormed the heights of Olszau- 1ka, to the northeast of El{wl!ki. = ¥rench Official Report. "4 Paris, July 15, 2:35 p,- m.—The French war office gave out the follow- 1n‘ today on the progress of hostili- ‘Activity durmg the night' in the 2gion north of Arras was quite di- Versified. South of the Chateau De ‘seized a line of ‘German ‘Around Neuville : Saint t.and the ‘Labyrinth® there was % pln une Ar;onne ths ¥ amscribied within:the region west b of the Forest where ' we had. pro- |gréssed yesterday. North of the Ser- i im river after a series of counter at- i Ekl the Germans succeeded in re. fighting was ning a foothold in the Beaurain oods. Tn the rest of this sector ther Was riot change in the situation. “Bétween Fay-En-Haye 'and the -~ Forest of LePretre an attempt of the .nerny to sally from his trenches was mediately halted by a curtain of merv fire and the fire of our infan. DENY MARYE HAS me Cornish, N. " July 15.—Reports Mg Georgé T. Marye, American am. © bassador at Petrograd, had presented his resignation to President were lack- ing in eonlrmutlon here todcy. The President could not be reached direct- il but members of his party safd that 2 Marye’s resignation had not been glvgd since Mr. Wilson reached Washington, July 16.—~Becretary 'mmumy said no resignation ‘Ambassador Marye had been re- ceived at the White House and that Be did not believe the ambassador had intention of leaving = his post: ¢ department officials from Sec- Lansing down also denied that | *from NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, ]ULY.}S, U. S. TO SEND NOTE TO GREAT BRITAIN Docuntent Will Protest .interferénce With Cargoes of American Meat + packers and Neutral Trade. ‘Washington, July 15.—Difficulties of American meat packers with Great Britain over the detention of their cargoes 'to neutral countries will be taken up by the state department in a note to the British governmment, it was said today. The packeérs who have appealed to the ‘Washington government , to demand that Great Britain stop in- terfering with their cargoes consigned to neutral ,ports and settle for §$14,- 000,000 Worth of their products now held up in prize courts, continued their conferences with state depart- ment officials today. They charge the British government with the destruc- tion of commerce in food products be- tween. the Uniled States and other countries. In a statement outlining their case as submitted to the department, the packers assert that 'the British government purposely + delays settle- ment of their claims for seized car- goes and that they are not inclined to reopen trade with neutral countries unless they can be assured of delivery | with the of their ships to ports designated. ‘The American note to Great Britain which it was said would be sent im- mediately, will deal specifically with the complaint of the packers. The general subject. of interference with neutral trade under the British order in council will form the subject of an- other communication to Great Britain. INVENTS MACHINE T0 HELP MAKE SHRAPNEL .C. M. Speng:er, “Edison ' of Connecticut,” in 20th i _Centilry Role. A six-spindle automatic screw ma- chine whith makes screws for shells and shrapnel and can be utHized for sixteen and eighteen pounders will be manufactured by the New Britain Ma- chine company of this city. The ma- ‘chine, which may play an ifiportant factor in the present European con- flict, has be:n irivented by Christopher Minor Spenger, eighty-one years, of Hartfor, ‘emploved as an| ‘axpert’ mnc -ocal €oncern, 3 fi ?‘n ‘experitnenting & long period and his 1nvénfion is. now complete. The screws are made automatically. ‘The' screws can ‘be made from any kind . of a rod and’ only requires a minimum amount of the . operator’s time. Circulars have been prepared by thé Machine company which set forth the advantage of the machine. =~ The circular, however, makes no mention that the screws can be utilized for shrapnel or shells. ~Mr. Spencer told a Herald reporter this afternoon that since the circular has been issued to has been working diligently on his in- vention and he has now perfected it so that screws can be made for the shrap- nel and shells. JOINT MEETING HELD IN NEW YORK STRIKE Twelve Men Thrashing Out Differ- ences Betweenp Garment Work- ers and Their Employers. New: York, July 15.—~Whether the 70,000 garment workers still at work in the ships and factaries of | New York city would join the 21,000 al- teady on strike was likely to be de- termined by a meeting of twelve men which began this forenoon and was expected to last all day. The grievances of 50,000 women employed in the garment making in- dustry also came before the mayor's couneil of conciliation, which held its second budiness meeting today. Employers and employes were rep- resented Dby six men each in the joint meeting. The representatives’ were appointed at a conference this forenoon between employers and em- ployes at the New York Chamber of Commerce. Dr. J. J. Magnes, through whose efforts the conference was ar- rafgned, was selected as chairman. ‘| There was a hopeful feeling among the conferees that the joint meeting would result in averting a general strike. Sidney Hillman, president of Amalgamated Clothing Workers, said that his organization ‘has been anx- ious to reach a.fair understanding and to avoid a great labor struggie. He added that if necessary the union ‘dould call out 80,000 clothing work- ers in this city to. join the’ strike. ‘Workers on men’s pants, knee pants and vests already\are on strike., The labor leaders announced that 10,000 coat makers had adopted resolutions approving the strike, but would - not quit work until after the conference of comimittees today. Officers of the Amalgamated Cloth- ing Workers said they had received promises from the union leaders in Chicago, Newark. N. J., and _else- where that a national strike would be called if the contracts held up by the strike here were given eut in pther states. the | GERMANY READY T0 PAY FOR NEBRASKAN Admits Amerlcan Steamer Was Torpedoed by Submarine Claims Attack “Was Not Meant for the American Flag But Is to Be Considered as Accident.”’ an Unfortunote Washington, July 15.—Germany, in an official memorandum’ transmitt- ed today from Berlin by Ambassador Gerard, admits that the American steamer Nebraskan was torpedoed by a submarine, expressed.regret and readiness to 'the reparation, and as- sures the United States that the at- tack ‘“was not meant ror the Ameri- can flag blt is to be considered’ an unfortunate accident.” Secretary Lansing made public the German memorandum, which @ dis- poses of the question whether the Nebraskan was struck by a torpedo or by a mine. The German memoran- dum closes the incident, it was said, except as to the payment of dam- ages. State Department Statement. The state depnrtment made _ announcement. I ““ambassador Gerard has telegraph- ed to the state department.the fol- lowing memorandum from the Ger- man foreign offlice: relative to the damaging of the American 'steamer Nebraskan by a German submarine: ‘ ‘The German gavernment receiv- ed from newspaper reports the intelli- gence that the American steamer Ne- braskan, had been damaged by a mine or torpedo, on the southwest coast of Ireland. It therefore started a thor- ough investigation of the case with- out delay, and from the result of the investigation it hds become convinced that the damage to the Nebraskan ‘was caused by attack by a submarine. Attack Was Mistake. “ ‘On’ the evening of May 25. the submarine met a steamer bound this neutral markings on her freeboard, net Rock. No appliance of any kind for the illumination of the flag or markings was to be seen. In “the twilight, which had already set in, the name of the steamer was not visi- ble from the submarine. Since the commander of the submarine was obliged to assume from his wide ex- periénce in the area of maritime war, that only KEnglish steamers and no neutral steamers traversed this war area without flag and. markings, he i attacked the vessel with a torpedo, in the conviction that he had an enemy vessel béefore him. “‘Some time after the shot the commander saw the vessel hdd in the meantime hoisted the American flag. As a consequence he, of course, re- irained from any further attack. Since the yessel remained afloat he had no oceasion to concern’ himself ‘further with'the boats which had been launched. Not Meant for American Flag. “*It results from this, without a doubt, that attack on the steamer Ne- braskan was not meant for the Ameri- can flag; nor is it traceable to any the German submarine; but is to.be considered an unfortunate accident. The German government expresses its regret at the occurrence to’ the gov- ernment of the United States of rake compensation for tthe damage thereby sustained by American citi- zens. The official report of the attack for- warded. (by Ambassador Page, after in- vestigation by Lieutenant John H. Towers, naval attache of the¢ embassy, stated that the Nebrdskan was in water ballast out-bound from Liver- pool for Delaware Breakwater, that although her flag had been hauled down just after sunset, as is the custom, there were painted on her sides in letters six feet high, the words: “Nebraskan, New York.” Headed for Liverpool. After the attack the ship headed about for Liverpool and convoyed by PBritish ships, reached the port safely. 10 one was seriously hurt in the ex- plosion, which left evidences causing some doubt at first whether the ship bhad been struck by a torpedo or a mine. American naval officers, how- ever, finally came to the conclusion that it was a torpedo. The Nebraskan case, coming close on the sinking of the Lusitania and coupled with the attack on the Gulf- light, threatened to become one of the important issues in the contro- versy with Germany over submarine warfare. There were some circum- stances which made the case com- plex. The Nebraskan had been under charter to the White Star Line of the International Mercantile Marine, but the cnarter had been cancelled and she was returning home to carry coal from Newport News to the Cal- ifornia coast for the United States navy. With her sister ship, the Minnesotan, from May to August of 1914, she had beén under charter {o the United States as an army trans- port, carrying horses from Galves- ton to Vera Cruz. She was one of the first ships to go through the Pan- A ama canal. BERLIN EXPRESSES REGRET| last, | westward without a flag and with no | about 35 nautical miles west of Fast- | tault on the part of the commander of 1 America and declares its readiness to ; and | BRITISH TROOPS ARE FIGHTING'IN SERBIA King George's Forces Opposing ;g“,. tro-Hungarians Declares Crawford Price In Lecture At Liverpool. Liverpool, July 15, 9:43 a. m.—That British troops are now in - Sérbia, fighting with the Serbians against the Austro-Hungarians, was given official confirmation today by Crawford Price the British eye witness with the se,_ bian forces. Lecturing here, he said the Brmsh Army authorities now permitted him to make this announcement, thus confirming what has been often ru- mored but never officially substan- tiated. The strength of the British forces in Serbia were not stated by the lec- turer. EIGHT HOUR DAY FOR PARK CITY MACHINISTS Demands To Be Made Latter Part of Week, Sgys Bowen. Bridgeport, July 15.—Demands for | an eight hour day for machinists | throughout the'city, to be made “The latter pait of the week,” according to a statement by J. J. Bowen, bus- iness agént for the machinists’ organ- ization here, added another phase:to day to the already complicated n- dustrial situation growing op’o of the trouble over the millwrights’. uniow affiliatons at the plant of the Rem- ngton Arms company.. If this plan is carried out, it was stated, it will involve - ¢close’ to 20,000 men. . Bowen declared in his, statement that “We intend to call out the latter part of the week all the machinists and make a demand for eight hour work throughout ‘the. . city.” The strike would in all probability begin with the Remington Arms company, he said, but added: “There are about | twenty other shops in the city doing | the same kind of work. ‘We are going’ to bring out these shops ant secure eight hours in all the, factor- jes.” He declared also that the strike would enforce the demands of the ‘‘millwrights, machinists, hoisi- ing engifcers and any other locals that may join in the strike.” There were no additions to the ranks of the strikers' today, but - there were indication that uniess the 25 hoisting enginéers reached an agreement with the Stewart Construc- tion company, which is engaged ou new buildings of the arms company, they would quit work. The expected conference Major W. W. Penfield of the arms company and the committee of the millwrights did not take place this morning as expectéd, Major Penfield declining to confer with them on the | ground that the company had no dis- pute with the men. He referred them to Manager G. G, Greist of the | Stewart’ Company with whom they had a talk during the morning, No conclusion was reached and they were to meet with him again late today. No action was taken by the hed carriers union today, determination of their course awaiting the arrival of Vincent De Falco, the national or- ganizer, No disorder was reported today. In view of a disturbance, last ni when a laborer ‘Wwas beaten by one" of the guards because he stepped over the so-called “dead line” where the construction work is in progress, extra precauticns have been taken by tha campany to prevent trouble. Early today the millwrights tioned pickets near the buildings. sta- company PAINTER FALLS TWENTY FEET, Hart Street Man Escapes With Frae- ture of Forearm, Paul E. L. Glaezer, a painter of 161 Hart rtreet, fell from ,a ladder at 17 Fairview street this' morning and received compound fracture of the left forearm. 'He was attended by. Dr. Waterman Lyon and was | taken to the New Britain hospital | in the physician's automobile. | Glaesér was working on a ladder about twenty feét .from the grouni when he fell. He was not rendercd unconscious but recéived a severe shaking up. N BAND CONCERT TONIGHT, The band concert under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce which was to have been held last evening but which was postponed on account of the storm, will be held tnis evening at 8 o’clock. The American band will furnish the musie. NINETY IN SHADE TODAY, This noon the thermometer Main street registered nrnety in the shade, this being one of the hottest days thus far this summer. In other sections of the city the mercury as- cended ever higher and in exposed places it touched the 100 mark. e~ WEATHER, on o Hartford, July 15.—For this vicinity: Unsettled prob- ably thunder showers tonight an] Friday. S S M U ' between | 1915 —TWELVE PAGES, WELSH COAL MINERS DEFY GOVERNMENT More Than 160,000 Strike, Clos- ing Every Mine in Wales —_— GRAVE ISSUE FOR ENGLAND Dispute Jeopardizes Work of British Navy—Men Subject to Fine of $15 a Day in Default of Which They Mny Be ln;prlaoned. London, July 15, 12:10 p. m.—Out of the various manifestations of un- rest in the British labor field shown since the outbreak of the war there developed today what may prove, un- less an early solution is found, one of the most serious strikes, in the history of the country. *Moré than 150,000 men already ! have laid down their tools, thereby shutting down yirtually all the mines in the Welsh coal fields, which sup- ply steaming coal for the British Navy. . ’ Miners Defy Government. The government, using for the first time the authcrity granted by the so-called munitions measure, = ruled that the miners must not strike, and a proyal proclamation to this effect was issued yesierday. The miners answWer to this proclamation was to &0 on ‘strike. Though subject to a heavy daily fine for .striking and though urged: Ly their leaders to allow their demands for ‘higher pay to be arbitrated, tne miners threw aside all advice and to- day. refused (o take up their picks. thus not only stopping the mines burt leaving idic the mine railways and some ships engaged in coal trans- port, Puzzling Problem. . Pheoretically the government Iis empowered to check the strike forth- with; but it is a puzzling problem how the fines authorized under the munitions measure are to be enforc- ed. No rioting in the strike district has, been reported. The wen's leaders have called a conference in the hope of reaching a settiement, and the whole country ig watching the outcome of the case, which is to be a test of the govern- ment's powsr to force Jabor to ar- { bitrate in the face of the mn- con- tentioh, though’ not’ of 'the leaders, that, having made their demands, there is nothing to arbitrate. Not to Return to Work. London, July 15, 6:02 p. m.—A de- spatch frora Cardiff to the Central News Agency says that the miners’ gonference by a vote of 180 to 113 decided not to acept the recommen- dation of the council to return to work. ' Every Mine Idle. Cardiff, Wales, July 15, 12:32 a. m. —In spite of optimistic predictions that serious labor difficuities in the coal flelds would be averted, virtually every mine in Wales was idle this morning, the day fixed for the be- ginning of the miners ltrike for high- er wages. In one district alone. 20,000 men struck, defying the government’s pro- glamgtion that the provisions of the muni§ions act would be invoked to ‘prevent a cessation of operations. By | 10 o'clock it was.estimated that up- wards of 120,000 men were out in dll parts of the Welsh fielas. Miners to Stand Firm. A meeting of the executive commit- tee of the South Wales Miners Union was called for this forenoon to con- fer with representatives of the Board of Trade but the rank and file of “the miners are obdurate and gov- ernment proclamation seems only to | have stiffened their resolution to stand firm in their demands. ;Men who strikeé in the face of the gmemment prohlbmon are subject to a fine of $15 a day in default of which they may be imprisoned. AUSTRIAN RED BOOK. Italy Approved Alleged Violation of Triple Alllance, it Claims. Berlin, July 15, by Wireless to Say- ville, N. Y.—Among the news items ! prepared by the Overseas News Agency today fér transmission abroad | by wireless telegraphy was the follow- ing: “The Austro-Hungarian government hag published a red book dealing with the preparedness of Italy for war. It | shows that the Italian government re- ceived incorrect information from its diplomats, who underestimated the preparedness of Austria. The docu- ments have to do with the years 1909 until 1911 and prove that the alleged violation of the triple alliance was ap- proved by Italy. NORWEGIAN STEAMER SUNK. Rym Torpedoed—Second Engincer Killed—Rest of Crew Saved, July 15, 11:30 a. m.—The | Norwegian steamer Ryin has been | torpedoed und sunk. The second ou- | gineer was killed but the rest of the crew has landed at Great Yarmouth lL.ondon, was a vessel of 1075 built in 1908, She was Lund & Co., of Bergen. | The Rym | Justice Will Probably Ren- | Apizoca. {'WAGE INCREASE AND TWO YEAR CONTRACT Board of Arbitration Award to Es- tablish in Chicago Highest Wages for Street Car ll(-q in Country, Calcago, July 16.—The 14,000 em- ployes of Chicago’s street car sys- tems, who recently tied up the city’s transportation facilities with a two days strike, will be granted a wage increase and a two year contract in- stead of three, according to the Chi- cago Tribune today. The award of the board of arbitra- tios, which for three weeks neard tes- timony from company officlals and the employes on the Yssue will be made public tomorrow, the paper says. All classes of men in the service of the companies will be granted a horl- zontal raise in wages from the start. The maximum wage will be not less than 35 cents per hour and probably 86 cents, the Tribune says. The max. imum wage received now is 32 cents an hour. The term of the graded scale has been shortened but its length has not been fully decided, it ‘was said. The award will establish in Chica- g0 the highest wages for street car men in the country. STOCKHOLDERS’ 'MEETING, The first annual meeting of the ‘White Oak Crushed Stone company will be held next Monday afternoon. The company has had a prosperous year and.fine’ reports are expectod from the officers. STATE T0 APPEAL IF HENDRICK FREES THAW der His Decision To- morrow Morning. Employes, spectors. Providence, strike of 2,400 ) R. Wway lines in n state, A, E. company, said t werein op: with 456 that & Only & few p r cars that R Union & eight’ cars w 1 svstem, and w old omplovu, employes in ¢hi were men company members elso stated puny had n tion of stril | No teiled for New York, July 15.—Wnile awaiting the decision of Supreme Court Jus- tice Hendrick on the question of Harr K. Thaw’s sahity, Thaw’s counsel h: prepared for wbmluion to court to- fll}' a formal ‘:’F 12l comm To ws. firet sent to Wn | jum, Justice Hendrick ised to réceive application h an | crder today, but his deeision on the not exp.cud until tomorrow. udvisory capacity, any its finding does not .bind the court. pending the result ' of such appeal. M'haw spent the night in Ludlow street jail. The prospect of seeing Thaw at- tracted a large crowd to the ecourt house today. Thaw was brought from the Ludlow street jail and taken to the court room. He remained there some time and then stwarted for the sheriff’s office. About the same time Justice Hendrick started from his chambers across the street to formally adjourn. the court until tomorrow morning. Justice Hendrick met Thaw in the midle of the street surrounded by a large crowd and il was with con- siderable difficuity that the justice raanaged to reach the court house. Court adjourned, Justice Hendrick returned to his chambers: and dis- cussed with the attorneys for both tides the form his order shall take, The question of batl al-o was fo mally discussed, it was said, at the conference. | After the conference Justice Hen- | drick announced that there would be no decision today and that he would probably render one at the reopening of court at 11 o’clock tomorrow morn- | ng. “1£,” Justice Hendrick said, “I de- | question of, freeing Thaw as sane is | jury in this case was acting only in an | Uons, the strike that it ihee «'~m~w rlly 15 o v+ no attempt with the cars th % Conductor A conductor | pulleatrom & by strike sympat oy apnd the conductor, A man, was sailants peénded com) of the strike of {h Rhode Island motor buses ried factory during the Local offic Company to operate \ended. Woontocket, Jocal car ho 4 ere cide to return Thaw to Matteawan he | may appeal, and will be entitled to bail pending a decision. If I should de- cide to set him free, the state will ap- ! peal and may demand that he furnish bail until such time as the case is final- ly decided. Admitted to bail, Thaw will be free to go anywhere he likes. His bail will assure the state that he will be produced when asked for.” A BTSN TR O'BRIEN IS ENGAGED, H Frank O'Brien of Hartford avenfie, hag been engaged by' City Engineer Willlam H. Hall to work with the city’s engineers on the new Burling- ton reservoir. He succeeds Stuart Burdick, who resigned. O'Brien was i the employ of the city engineer's office for about three years until a short time ago. TRAIN WRECKED BY BOMB. Washington, July 15.—A train be- tween Vera Cruz and Mexico = City has been wrecked by a bomb near The explosion killed and wounded many persons. A cable- gram from Vera Cruz July 12 or 13. The railroad has discontinued selling tickets to Mexico City. ST. SWITHEN'S DAY, Today is St. Swithen's day and ac- cording to legend the nex: forty days will provide the same kina of weatheg as today. This makes the ice, man laugh while the coal deaieengages & fast train for the mountains. * 1 Company attempt Lo made up to hoon. Mill wo trolleys as far just over the cester dence and D& the Rhode Island '’ tled up as a Tesul Providence. one that is v over night, hoing at East Killingly - Shore Line Rallway, Line crew which Constab ; writ. The Tawy or . s Jomepn 6. paturnahic hefops the e of the court of comm rich furnished a bo